Not far from the city gate, Li Yan and Chen Meng and two of the latter's subordinates, four of them stood here.

Li Yan chose a horse that didn't resist him much, looked at Chen Meng and said, "It's him,"

Chen Meng saw that Li Yan had already chosen, and when he looked at the horse chosen by the latter, he couldn't help but be slightly surprised, and asked curiously, "Why did you choose it?" ”

Hearing Chen Meng's question, Li Yan said directly: "This horse is not so exclusive to me. Unlike the other three horses, when they touch it, they shake their heads sharply. That's why I chose this one. ”

Chen Meng heard Li Yan's words and knew why Li Yan chose this one, and this technique was also very good, so he said appreciatively: "Childe actually judged the character of the horse by touching it, this is the first time I have seen such a means of choosing a horse, but this is also a good means, the horse selected by Childe is indeed very suitable for newcomers to learn to ride horses, I originally told Childe about this horse, but I didn't expect Childe to choose it at once." ”

Li Yan heard Chen Meng say that he recommended it to himself, but instead glanced at Chen Meng with disdain, and an expression of I believe you are a ghost. Because Chen Meng said that he would choose it himself, it looks like that when Li Yan chooses it, he will ask if he is sure, as long as Li Yan is sure, not this one, but the horse that he touched first, maybe Li Yan will fall very badly today, obviously just to see Li Yan's embarrassment. It's a pity that Li Yan used the stupidest way to choose a more docile horse.

Chen Meng was looked at by Li Yan, and when he saw his expression, he immediately smiled awkwardly and said, "In that case, let's go to the river, there are few people there, the scenery is not bad, what does the son think?" ”

When Li Yan heard Chen Meng's proposal, he had no opinion on it, so he nodded and said, "Okay, then go to the river." ”

Chen Meng saw that Li Yan had no opinion, so he smiled, came to Li Yan's side, and said, "Please get on the horse." As he spoke, he took the reins of the horse and motioned for Li Yan to get on the horse.

Li Yan heard Chen Meng's words, nodded, and tried to get on the horse in the posture he saw others on the horse, but the first time it didn't succeed last time, and then Li Yan didn't go up a few times in a row.

Li Yan looked at these carefully and listened to what Chen Meng said, and finally according to what Chen Meng said and what he did, he drew a scoop according to the gourd and successfully got on the horse.

But after getting on the horse, the horse began to shake violently, wanting to shake Li Yan down, after all, it didn't know Li Yan, and it was very uncomfortable for people to ride on its back.

Li Yan saw this and threw himself directly on the horse, holding the horse tightly, not letting himself fall, otherwise, if he fell, Li Yan would be afraid that it would be really big today, after all, not far from the city gate, there are people coming and going here, and there is an endless stream, so the things here, those pedestrians have also noticed that there are a few young ladies of the family who go out to play, among these people, some people know Li Yan, and they all stopped and looked at Li Yan's location. If Li Yan falls down today, in two days, I am afraid that people of the same generation may know that Li Yan learned to ride a horse and was shaken off by the horse, even if he really lost his face.

Li Yan hugged the horse tightly, not letting himself fall down, the horse shook violently, trying to shake Li Yan down, although when Li Yan touched it, the reaction was not violent, but it was completely different from riding it. If Li Yan is one of the other three, say that the horse comes directly, and as soon as the front hooves are lifted and the back is leaned back, Li Yan may fall directly to the ground.

When Chen Meng, who was holding the reins, saw this situation, he hurriedly said: "Childe, touch the sides of its neck with your hands, if you can, you can say the next words to comfort it, maybe he won't be like this." ”

When Li Yan heard Chen Meng's words, he immediately did so, touched the horse with his hand, and then said softly and gently: "Good horse, I know that you are uncomfortable riding on your back, but I have no choice, after all, I have to learn riding today, otherwise it will be very troublesome to travel in the future, so in the next few days we are partners, since we are partners, then we are together, but you treat your partners like this, that is, you don't respect your partners, if you do this, no one will want to be your partners in the future." ”

Li Yan said this to the horse, and he didn't know if it would work, but when he was halfway through the speech, the horse shook not so much, basically when Li Yan finished speaking, it no longer swayed, just a slight neigh, and it meant that he agreed to Li Yan and be Li Yan's partner.

Chen Meng, who was holding the reins, although it was his bad idea to make Li Yan do this, but when he heard what Li Yan said, he was speechless for a while, because listening to Li Yan say this, it didn't look like he was talking to a horse at all, it was a bit like he was coaxing a child, and the horse, it couldn't understand it.

But the miraculous thing is that when Li Yan said this, the horse really no longer rejected Li Yan, nor did he shake it anymore, but stood quietly, Chen Meng and his two subordinates didn't want to say anything when they saw this.

Chen Meng looked at Li Yan and said, "Since this horse is quiet, then ask Gongzi to hold the reins, and then follow slowly behind." We'll lead the way, and if there's anything you ask, just call us. ”

After speaking, Chen Meng handed the reins to Li Yan, then chose a horse, and then turned over lightly, and got on the horse. The horse that Chen Meng rode was the horse that reacted and repelled the strongest to Li Yan's touch. Although the rejection of Li Yan was great, there was no rejection of Chen Meng at all, which made Li Yan look very strange, so he asked:

"Why is this horse so docile to you?"

Chen Meng, who got on the horse, heard Li Yan's question, so he smiled and said, "Hehe, that's because this one is my mount, so he is very kind to me and very docile." ”

"Generally, after getting along with a horse for a long time, it will also be very obedient, this is to recognize the master, but this kind of general horse is a very good breed, such as my one, this is a war horse, not the same as the son rides, and the endurance is not good, after all, this is used by civilians and beginners to learn to ride horses."

Li Yan heard Chen Meng say that the one he rode was the one he was riding, or the war horse, and his face immediately darkened, and his feelings were that Chen Meng wanted to see how Li Yan chosen, if he chose this one, when Li Yan really couldn't do it, he was out of trouble, and recommended the horse that Li Yan is riding now. But fortunately, Li Yan didn't do what he wanted, so he didn't say anything about this.

After Chen Meng finished speaking, he looked at Li Yan, but when he saw the latter's dark face, he immediately understood that he had leaked his mouth, and he had leaked out that he wanted to rectify Li Yan's idea, so he smiled dryly, looked at his two subordinates and said, "You guys should also get on the horse." ”

When the two guards saw that their commander wanted to rectify the idea of leaking out, they wanted to laugh very much, and they didn't dare to laugh, so they could only twitch a few times and force them back, but when they saw the commander looking at him, they immediately looked right, and when they heard the order, both of them nodded and turned over their horses, and rode towards the river.

Li Yan rode a horse and walked side by side with Chen Meng, both of them walked slowly towards the river, after all, Li Yan won't, this is still from childhood to adulthood, the first time he rode a horse, he can only come slowly, and Chen Meng can't be too far away from Li Yan, in case the horse is disobedient, run forward, or make a big leap. Enter, he has to protect Li Yan's safety.

In this way, the four of them rode slowly towards the river, and those who were going to watch the play, seeing that there was nothing to see, all dispersed one by one, among them, there were some young ladies and young ladies.

In the Tang Mansion, Tang Shishi and Tang Xiu, Tang Lan and the three brothers and sisters were taking classes in the study, listening to Xu Bai's teaching, and what they learned today was the number of nine palaces. And Xu Bai also admired Tang Shishi and Tang Xiu Tang Lan's brothers and sisters, the reason was that when he asked them to teach homework today, he was also surprised to see that he had all the questions he gave yesterday correct, after all, he had never talked about the number of the nine palaces, and there was only one number in the question.

So now Xu Bai plans to hand them over well in the rest of the time, after all, such a good student is not to be found, but he wants to teach Li Yan more, after all, most of the number of the nine palaces is what he does, and he also wants to ask him about his ideas, but Li Yan didn't come today, and he can only wait for next time.